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Laptop Skins: Why Not Express Yourself With A Personalized Cover.


Personalizing your cell phone or iPod with covers or "skins" is nothing new.  You can find hundreds, even thousands of skins both ready-made and custom made. But now you can even make your laptop unique with skins too. 

Laptop skins stick to the cover of your laptop and add color, brightness and excitement to what would otherwise be a dull, common, silver or gray metallic-type lid cover. Your laptop skin can have custom art such as reproductions of Van Gogh or DaVinci paintings; or you could even choose textures, stripes, dots and swirls in just about any color. Skins can be sports team logos, camouflage, nature scenes, flowers an flourishes, or even personalized messages. Or maybe you could even try pop, retro or animal prints. Some companies will even make a custom skin from your own photo or design. There are simply thousands of design possibilities and they can all be as individual as you are. 

Skins aren't just all decorative. They can also protect your laptop from minor scuffs, marks and scratches that you get from all the usual wear and tear. And you can easily get skins to fit most laptops, including sizes 12", 14-15", 15.4" and 17" wide. There are also even laptop skin makers who can custom fit your skin onto your laptop.  

Made from a vinyl or a polyurethane material and stuck to your laptop cover with an adhesive, a skin is normally designed to be removable and some are even reusable (although you don't want to take it off too often as the glue will wear off eventually). Different companies use different qualities of glue, some with disappointing results that either leave a residue when the skin is removed, or fail to let you re-stick the skin to your laptop. One well known adhesive is a product from 3-M(R) called "Comply", so be sure to ask your vendor what they use that or something similar as an adhesive.

If you would like to design your very own laptop skin you should always use a high-resolution print or photo at least 200 dpi or higher. This translates to 2400 x 200 pixels if you want a 12 x 10 inch cover. The higher the resolution, the higher the print quality and the better your skin will look. Usually the vendor will accept a JPEG upload, but some will also accept a GIF, TIFF or a PSD file. Check with your skin vendor to get their specific file requirements for your size of laptop.

Finally, find out whether your skin manufacturer recommends wet or dry installation for your skin. You may have to apply soapy water to the skin for the best results, but most of the time a dry application is fine. Your skin manufacturer should provide complete instructions for installing your skin and also information for how to keep it in its best condition. 

So say something about yourself by choosing from among the many laptop skins available and add a burst of personality and color to what can be a very dull looking piece of equipment indeed. 




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